End of the Beginning (Days of Infamy)
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400143934 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 371 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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K A Burnette said you will love this in my opinion. If you are interested in military history, you will love this in my opinion. The what if factor will have you enthralled and the characters are well developed.. tom youngblood said Good read.. Very thought provoking. Some inaccuracies, i,e. An artillery Lt. would not normally command one howitzer. More likely a first Lt would command all the pieces in the battery. Made little difference to the story line though.More dialogue on the big picture politically would have been interesting. Good read.. End of the Beginning End of the Beginning is one of those books that can cause blood shot eyes. You do not want to put it down, because you want to know what is going to happen to the characters, be they heroes or villains. Mr. Turtledove give us readers characters that we know or we think we know. And to give Mr. Turtledove more credit he does not totally paint bad guys black, but giv
From Publishers Weekly The human price of war, regardless of nationality, is the relentless focus of this chilling sequel to Turtledove's alternative history Days of Infamy (2004), in which the Japanese conquer Hawaii after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Times are hard for Americans under the occupation. . armed forces have a few tricks up their sleeve, notably a new kind of aircraft that can hold its own against the Zero. Japanese soldiers work POWs to death with heavy labor on insufficient rations. All rights reserved. But the U.S. Women are forced into prostitution as comfort women. Both the Japanese and American militaries scheme, plan and train, while surfer bums, POWs and fishermen just try to get by. Scarce food and resources result in privation and a thriving black market. A plethora of characters, each with his or he
New recruits are enlisting and undergoing rigorous training exercises-all for the opportunity to strike back and drive the enemy from American soil. Meanwhile, across the United States, from Pensacola, Florida, to San Diego, California, the military is marshaling its forces. Civilians fare little better, struggling to survive on dwindling resources. Six weeks ago, Imperial Japanese military forces conquered and occupied the Hawaiian Islands. A puppet king sits on Hawaii's throne, his strings controlled by the general of the invasion force. American POWs, malnourished and weak, are enslaved as hard laborers until death takes them. Steel factories and fuel refineries are operating around the clock. And families of Japanese origin find their loyalties divided